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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2010 Oct 8;70(22):9003–9011. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-2364

Table 2.

Pharmacokinetic parameters of resveratrol and its three major metabolites in plasma of healthy volunteers who received daily oral resveratrol for between 21 and 28 days (n=10 per dose level).

Parameter
Cmax*
(ng/mL)
Cav*
(ng/mL)
Tmax
(h)
T½
(h)
AUClast
(ngxh/mL)
Resveratrol
Dose (g)
0.5 43.8 (89.4) [0.19] 9.93 (69.7) [0.04] 1.00 (0.25-5.0) 4.77(62.1) 175 (83.7)
1.0 141 (68.9) [0.62] 22.8 (68.4) [0.10] 1.00 (0.25-1.82) 9.70 (37.5) 503 (79.3)
2.5 331 (59.2) [1.45] 48.1(46.5) [0.21] 1.00 (0.23-4.97) 9.17 (42.0) 1250 (40.0)
5.0 967 (53.5) [4.24] 126 (55.8) [0.55] 1.08 (0.5-1.5) 7.85 (25.1) 4097 (107
Resveratrol-4′-O-
glucuronide
Dose (g)
0.5 186 (56.7) [0.82] 50.2 (51.1) [0.22] 1.27 (1.0-5.0) 3.78 (42.2) 1331 (56.4)
1.0 710 (57.9) [3.12] 178 (64.8) [0.78] 1.50 (0.83-5.0) 5.77 (44.6) 3774 (53.2)
2.5 1137 (88.0) [4.99] 323 (66.9) [1.42] 1.50 (0.25-5.0) 8.14 (38.6) 7245 (54.4)
5.0 2323 (45.5) [10.2] 667 (61.3) [2.93] 1.50 (1.0-5.0) 7.55 (21.2) 19984 (59.0)
Resveratrol-3-O-
glucuronide
Dose (g)
0.5 184 (86.3) [0.81] 37.7 (56.2) [0.17] 1.27 (1.0-5.0) 4.98 (41.6) 875 (51.4)
1.0 588 (48.4) [2.45] 94.4 (28.9) [0.42] 1.50 (0.83-5.0) 5.50 (24.5) 2087 (37.7)
2.5 1546 (107) [6.78] 204 (64.0) [0.89] 1.42 (1.0-1.5) 6.43 (40.8) 5300 (47.1)
5.0 3886 (48.6) [17.1] 649 (34.8) [2.85] 1.50 (0.5-1.6) 5.19 (52.7) 22084 (93.9)
Resveratrol-3-O-
sulfate
Dose (g)
0.5 563 (35.1) [2.47] 118 (26.9) [0.52] 1.04 (1.0-5.0) 3.09 (15.3) 3558 (51.6)
1.0 1694 (35.2) [7.43] 377 (48.7) [1.65] 1.50 (0.83-5.0) 7.37 (51.4) 9464 (42.3)
2.5 2292 (50.7) [10.1] 604 (43.8) [2.65] 1.33 (1.0-1.5) 6.84 (40.6) 15638 (39.0)
5.0 4172 (40.3) [18.3] 1384 (42.3) [6.07] 1.25 (0.25-5.0) 7.98 (29.6) 38900 (49.5)

Cmax=maximal plasma concentration. Cav=average plasma concentration. Tmax=time of maximal plasma concentration (Cmax). T½=apparent first-order elimination half- live. AUClast=area under the plasma concentration versus time curve from time 0 to the last sampling blood draw collected.

*

Mean value in ng/mL,

CV% (round brackets), mean value in nmol/mL [square brackets],

Median (range).